"This project which sought to bring to life these 107 songs of Armstrong Gibbs was undertaken by Adrian Farmer, accompanist and Director of Music at Nimbus Records, and was later joined by Charlotte de Rothschild, an accomplished Soprano with a wide-rag repertoire, and Nathan Vale, an exciting Tenor. Together they have sought to bring many lesser-known songs of Armstrong Gibbs to the forefront and showcase their worth alongside his more notable works such as Silver. Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (he disliked the name Cecil so was known as Armstrong) was a prolific and versatile composer of the first half of the twentieth century. He studied under Sir Adrian Boult and Ralph Vaughan Williams. His contemporaries were Herbert Howells, Sir Arthur Bliss and Sir Arnold Bax. Known principally for his solo songs Gibbs also wrote music for the stage, sacred works, three symphonies and a substantial amount of chamber music. He gained wide recognition during the early part of his life. He continued to compose and conduct up until his death in May 1960. Putting this project together we were surprised by both the quantity and consistent quality of Gibbs' output. The popular songs fully deserve their treasured position, but now we could easily match them with a new selection –To Anise, The Cherry Tree, On Duncton Hill, The r-Lily, Midnight, Slow Horses Slow, The Exile and Take Heed Young Heart might be concert winners given a chance. In them we find the same simplicity and sensitivity to text. It has been remarked more than once that performers will find the best songs among the settings of Walter de la Mare, this rather easy simplification holds less well when, as in this collection, we can assess Armstrong Gibbs output in a more complete form."
Tracklist
1. To Anise
2. Mistletoe (Version for Voice & Piano)
3. Nightfall
4. No. 7, Jane Eyre's Song
5. No. 10, Lorelei's Song
6. No. 15, The Doctor's Song
7. Love's Wisdom (Version for Voice & Piano)
8. A Ballad Maker
9. Padraic the Fidiler (Version for Voice & Piano)
10. Philomel
11. Titania
12. No. 1, In the Spring the Runnels Flow
13. No. 1, Love Is a Sickness
14. No. 2, Lily–Bright and Shine–A
15. No. 1, Chloris in the Snow
16. No. 1, Down in Yonder Meadow
17. No. 2, Amaryllis
18. 2 Pastorals, No. 2, Upon the Grass
19. As I Lay in the Early Sun
20. Resting
21. The Summer Palace
22. Dusk (Version for Voice & Piano)
23. Philomela or The Nightingale, Op. 13
24. Love's Prisoner
25. The Cherry Tree
26. The Fields Are Full
27. The Stranger, Op. 21 No. 2
28. The Linnet, Op. 21 No. 1
29. The Mountains, Op. 19 No. 2
30. Love in the Almond Bough, Op. 19 No. 1
31. The Bells, Op 14 No. 2
32. No. 1, The Miracle
33. No. 2, The Wind in Your Hair
34. No. 3, Requiescat
35. No. 4, I Shall Remember
36. No. 5, April's Hour
37. No. 1, Spring
38. No. 2, In the Faery Hills
39. No. 3, The Wind Comes Softly
40. No. 4, Moon Magic
41. No. 1, When Arthur First in Court Began (Version for Voice & Piano)
42. No. 2,. Pious Celinda Goes to Prayers
43. No. 3, If Music Be the Food of Love
44. No. 4, This Wine That Inspires
45. No. 1, Revelation
46. No. 2, Victory
47. No. 3, Crowning
48. No. 4, Defeat
49. No. 5, Mors janua vitae
50. No. 1, To Yuan
51. No. 2, The Dancing Girl
52. No. 3, Meeting with Friends
53. No. 1, The Lamb and the Dove
54. No. 2, A Birthday
55. No. 3, Gone Were but the Winter
56. In the Highlands, Op. 9
57. The Ballad of Srwater
58. Proud Maisie
59. To One Who Passed Whistling Through the Night
60. The Rainy Day, Op. 4
61. Lyonesse
62. Lullaby, Op. 3
63. Slow, Horses, Slow
64. On Duncton Hill
65. The Market
66. The r–Lily
67. By a Bier–Side
68. Hypochondriacus
69. The Flooded Stream
70. The Orchard Sings to the Child
71. The Witch
72. Tom O'Bedlam
73. The Oxen
74. Lament for Robin Hood
75. The Old House
76. Sailing Homeward
77. Prayer Before Sleep (Version for Voice & Piano)
78. Midnight
79. Evening in Summer
80. A Song of Shadows, Op. 15 (Version for Voice & Piano)
81. The Scarecrow, Op. 12 No. 2
82. Five Eyes, Op. 15 No. 2
83. John Mouldy, Op. 30 No. 1
84. Dream Song, Op. 19 No. 1
85. Nod, Op. 12 No. 1
86. No. 1, Bluebells
87. No. 2, Bunches of Grapes
88. The Little Green Orchard, Op. 15 No. 1
89. The Mad Prince (Version for Voice & Piano)
90. The Exile
91. No. 1, Ann's Cradle Song
92. No. 2, Araby
93. No. 3, Beggar's Song
94. No. 4, Candlestick Maker's Song
95. Silver, Op. 30 No. 2
96. The Sleeping Beauty (Version for Voice & Piano)
97. Lullaby
98. The Little Salamander
99. The Gallias
100. The Wanderer
101. Take Heed, Young Heart
102. No. 1, The Barber's
103. No. 2, Miss T
104. No. 3, Old Shellover
105. No. 4, Hide and Seek
106. No. 5, Then
107. The Ship of Rio



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